Visualising China, 1845-1965
Subtitle: moving and still images in historical narratives
By: edited by Christian Henriot and Wen-hsin Yeh
Series: China studies -- v. 23
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9789004228207; 9789004233751
Subjects: Historiography; Motion pictures; Visual communication; Historiography and photography; History
Description: "How does China project its image in the world? Why and how has the world come to form certain impressions of the Chinese and their way of life? These are issues that preoccupy Chinese citizens in the globalizing 21st century as they travel overseas, riding on the capacity of the country's newly acquired economic power. In Visualizing China, the authors join forces to launch a broader inquiry aimed at a synergistic understanding of the larger story of visuality in modern China. The essays cluster around several nodal points including photographs, advertising, posters and movies, spanning from the 1840s to the 1960s, and devote special attention to modern Chinese practices in the visualization of things Chinese." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: China Visualised : What Stories do Pictures Tell? / Christian Henriot and Wen-Hsin Yeh; title: Part I. The China Photographs : Three Readings; title: Part II. The Visibility of Chinese Women and Home; title: Part III. Advertising and Propaganda : The Visual in Public Communications; title: Part IV. Moving Pictures.